Dorset

The association was formed for people interested in discovering more about their ancestors, especially in the county.

A large collection of materials can be accessed at Treetops, their Research Centre, which include:

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Indexes

Computers with access to Ancestry, FindmyPast, and the British Newspaper Archives

Criminal Register Indexes

Directories

Dorset Strays Index - people who moved to another town, county or country from their birthplace

Dorset Wills and Administrations Index 1568-1799

International Genealogical Index (IGI) (1992)

Monumental Inscriptions

Parish Register Transcriptions

Quarter Sessions 1625-1638

School Log Books

Surname Index for Dorset FHS Journals Vols. 1-21

Visitation of Dorset 1623, 1777

Woodlands Tithe Map 1841

Dorset Early Census Indexes are also available, which incorporate:

Corfe Castle 1790-91

Horton and Woodlands 1821

Poole 1574

Poole Poll Books 1832-1868

Puddletown 1724, 1725, 1729, 1769

Newspaper Indexes held by the Society include:

Christchurch and Bournemouth Chronicle 1872-1875

Dorset Free Press 1874-1875

Parkstone Reminder 1880-1881

Poole and Dorset Herald 1881-1887, 1891

Poole and SW Herald 1865

Other records held by the Society also include:

Aldermen of the City of London

Berkshire Maps 1881-1887

Berkshire Overseers Papers

British Isles Vital Records Index

Burslem (Staffordshire) Parish Registers

Crew Lists and Agreements 1863

Criminal Reigster Indexes - The South West (1805)

East Anglian Militia Documents 1860-1912

Farmer's Almanac and Calendar 1849

Hampshire Burial Index 1400-1837

Resources also incorporate:

Irish Wills Index 1536-1858

Justice of the Peace and Parish Office 1869

Kent FHS Parish Registers Vol. 4

National Burials Index 3rd Edition

Nottinghamshire Baptisms, Marriages and Burials

Oxfordshire Marriage Index 1538-1837

Philimore's Hampshire Marriages Vols. 1, 6 and 7

Wiltshire Parisah Records

Wirksworth (Derbyshire) Parish Records 1600-1900

Woolwich Marriages 1754-1864

Please note the Society does make a charge to people visiting the Research Centre. If you wish to have ground level access, you should use the entrance behind the building. They do not, however, have disabled toilet facilities. If you are a blue badge holder, they ask that you contact them before travelling.

Tea and Coffee making facilities are accessible, but they do make a small charge.

Many publications and other items are sold by the Society, which include:

Abbott's Illustrated Counties - Dorset 1896

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Indexes

Census Indexes

Discover Dorset Series

Dorset FHS Journal Archive

Dorset Newspaper Index

Dorset Strays Index

DVDs of Local Interest

History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset

Local History Books

Maps

Memorial Inscriptions Index

Old Dorset Postcards

Reference Books

Traditional Crafts of Dorset

A list of surnames currently being researched by members is also available, and a forum where you can ask for help with your research, and obtain tips and advice.

Durham

The Society was formed in 2000, and is a group of people who have an interest in genealogy. It is based in Annfield Plain, but also covers the history of the North West of the county. Their aim is to transcribe the registers and tombstones of the local churches.

The Society also holds 1914-1922, 1927, 1935-1970 of the Stanley News.

The association was formed in 1980, and covers the county of Cleveland, all parishes south of a line from Hart on the coast to Middleton in Teesdale in Durham and most of the old North Riding of Yorkshire from Whitby to Hawes.

Cleveland was created in 1974 from Teesside, which was created from parts of the county and North Riding of Yorkshire. Cleveland ceased to exist in 1996 when four Unitary Authorities were created.

The aims of the Society are to promote and encourage interest in family history and to hold meetings, share information and give assistance to those researching their ancestry to educate the public in the right ways to conduct research.